2 Bassingbourn Lodge, The Street, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6LY

2 Bassingbourn Lodge is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6LY). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2022. The latest certificate (November 2023) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 97). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since January 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £581,000 sits 115.2% above the 2006 sale of £270,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 131 m² it's 24.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (174 m² median across 13 EPCs).